Advanced cardiac life support and defibrillation in severe hypothermic cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Lee, Christopher H ^a   Van Gelder, Carin ^a   Burns, Kevin ^a   Cone, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; Heart arrest; Hypothermia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; REWARMING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 61649109279     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802471907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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